Printing-surface holder.



H. L. BORGERSEN.

PRINTING SURFACE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 4, 1914.

1,129,630. Patented Feb. 23, 1915.

NITE STATES PATENT @FFTQE.

PRINTING-SURFACE HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 23, 1915.

Application filed November 4, 1914. Serial No. 870,264.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HERMAN L. Boncnn- SEN, acitizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county ofPhiladelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Printing-Surface Holders, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention is an improvement in that class of devices known in theprinting art as a turtle or fudge, being designed for holding any styleof type in printing position upon the cylinder of a printing press.

It is desirable in newspaper practice to be able to print informationfrom time to time, in bulletin form, without disarranging the printingsurface on the cylinder of a printing press, and without the delayincident to stereotyping, etc. This is particularly true in connectionwith the printing of reports of all sporting events by the periods ofplay, such as the innings of a baseball game, the quarters of a football game, period of a polo game, etc., and the reports of all extras,such as cablegrams, telegrams, pertaining to murder, politics, minutenews items.

One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a device bymeans of which any style of type may be readily secured in position uponthe surface of the cylinder of a printing press, and which will permitof quick changes in the type when desired, whereby news of the characterreferred to may be readily and conveniently published without delay.

A further object is to provide webs or leads for properly spacing thetype lines with respect to each other.

A further object is to provide means for securing the leads in positionthat they cannot be accidentally displaced during the operation of theprinting apparatus, or during the changes made in the type.

The invention will be hereinafter fully set forth and particularlypointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings z-F1gure 1 is a plan View illustrating afudge or turtle constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal sectional view. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the partsin position to permit insertion and withdrawal of type. Fig. i is atransverse sectional view illustrating the inner face of the movablejaw. Fig. 5 is a similar view and up to the and the like,

7 illustrating the inner face of the stationary jaw. Fig. 6 is a detailview illustrating one of the leads detached.

Referring to the drawing, 10 designates the base provided with a slot 11to receive the screw usually employed for securing the device to thecylinder of a printing press,

said screw not being shown. To one end of said base is secured anabutment 12 provided with an undercut recess in which is located afiller block 14, a bead 13 provided with a knife edge, being securedbetween said block and the top wall of said recess. Secured to the otherend of the base is a stationary head 16 provided with a plurality ofsockets 17, and a depending guide portion 18. Slidably mounted upon thebase 10 is a slide 19 having an upstanding abutment 20 arranged oppositethe abutment 12 and provided with a bead 13 similar to that carried bythe said abutment 12. Said slide is provided with a cut-out portion oropening 21, through which the guide 18 is projected, the movement of theslide, in either direction, being limited by said guide. The outer faceof the abutment 2-0 is engaged by a series of plungers 22, located inthe chambers 17, and normally pressed outward by springs 23. If desiredthe guide 18 may be provided with a chamber 26 and a spring-pressedplunger 27 similar to the plunger 22.

The lead 30 is preferably formed with a body of sheet metal providedwith a strengthening bead 31 along its upper edge,

the ends of the body being reduced in width to provide shoulders 32- andabutment-engaging fingers 33, 34. The inner face of the abutment 20 isprovided with a series of undercut slots 35, corresponding in number tothe number of leads to be used, the inner walls of said slotsbeingcurved to conform to the curvature of the outer edges of the fingers 83.The inner face'of the filler block 14 is also provided with slots 36,corresponding in number with, and arranged opposite the slots 85, saidslots 36 being approximately rectangular in shape to conform with theshape of the fingers 34. The base 10 is also provided midway of itslength, with a series of longitudinally disposed short slots or recesses37 corresponding in number with, and arranged in alincment with theslots 35 and 36,-said slots or recesses being arranged to receive guidelugs 38 formed on the lower edges of the leads 30, to guide said leadswhen moved longitudinally. The lower edge of each finger 33 is providedwith a notch or recess 39 registering with corresponding openings in theslide 19, a locking wire 10 being passed through said openings andengaging said notches, thereby locking the leads to said slide.

In operation, when it is desired to place the type in position, theslide 19 is with drawn by a suitable tool (not shown), and theindividual types, or linotype bars, may be placed in position betweenthe abutment 12 and the abutment 20. The slide 19 is then released,whereupon the plungers 22, under the expansion of the springs 23, forcethe slide 19. toward the abutment 12 to cause the beads 13 and 13 topenetrate the bodies of the contiguous type and firmly engage them. Theleads 30 may be placed in position when the slide 19 is withdrawn, byplacing the finger 34: into engagement with one of the slots 36 of thefiller block, and then lowering the other end of the lead so as tosuccessively bring the guide lug 38 into engagement with its properguide slot 37, and finally placing the finger 33 in its proper slot 35,the curvature of the wall of the last mentioned slot and thecomplemental curvature of the finger 33 permitting of this movement, thespace between the abutments 12 and 20 permitting sufficient longitudinalmovement to allow the ends of the leads to be placed beneath the beads13 and 13. The locking wire -10 is then placed in position, after whichthe slide is released, as above described. Thereafter, when the slide isoperated or withdrawn. to permit of the changing of the type, the leads30 being locked thereto, will move longitudinally with the slide, beingguided in their longitudinal movement by the recesses 37 and lugs 38,the longitudinal movement being insufficient, however, to whollywithdraw the fingers 34: from their recesses.

Having thus explained the nature of my invention, and described anoperative manner of constructing and using the same, although withoutattempting to set forth all of the forms in which it may be made, or allof the forms of its use, what I claim is:

1. A printing surface holder of the char acter described comprising abase, a stationary abutment carried thereby, a movable abutment, meansfor yieldingly holding said movable abutment against movement away fromthe stationary abutment, and one or more leads extending between saidabutments and movable with the movable abutment.

2. A printing surface holder comprising a base, a stationary abutmentcarried thereby, a movable abutment, means for yieldingly holding saidmovable abutment against movement away from said stationary abutment,and one or more leads removably connected with the movable abutment andmovable with the latter.

3. A printing surface holder comprising a 1 l. A printing surface holdercomprising a base, a stationary abutment carried thereby and providedwith slots, a movable abutment, means for yieldingly holding saidmovable abutment against movement away from the stationary abutment,leads each having one end in engagement with one of the slots of saidstationary abutment, and means for preventing relative movement of theother ends of said leads with respect to the movable abutment.

5. A printing surface holder comprising a base, a stationary abutmentcarried thereby, a movable abutment provided with slots, means foryieldingly holding said movable abutment against movement away from thestationary abutment, leads each having one end secured in the respectiveslots of the movable abutment, and means connected with the stationaryabutment for engaging the other ends of said leads.

6. A printing surface holder comprising a base, a stationary abutmentcarried thereby, a movable abutment, said abutment being provided withoppositely disposed slots,

means for yieldingly holding the movable abutment against movement awayfrom the stationary abutment, leads having their ends located in theslots of the respective abutments, and means for connecting said leadsto move with said movable abutment.

7. A printing surface holder comprising a base, a stationary abutmentcarried thereby and provided with a recess, a filler piece in saidrecess provided with slots, a movable abutment, means for yieldinglyholding said.

movable abutment against movement away from the stationary abutment, andleads each having one end secured to the movable abutment and theirother ends Within the slots of said filler block.

8. A printing surface holder comprising i from said stationary abutment,one or more leads extending between said abutments and movable with themovable abutment, and guide lugs on said leads, said base being providedwith guide slots to engage said lugs.

10. A printing surface holder comprising a base, provided with guideslots, a stationary abutment secured to said base, a movable abutment,means for yieldingly holding said movable abutment against movement awayfrom said stationary abutment, removable leads provided with guide lugsengaging said slots, and means for connecting said leads to move withsaid movable abutment.

11. A printing surface holder comprising a base, a stationary abutmentcarried thereby, a movable abutment, means for yieldingly holding saidmovable abutment against movement away from said stationary abutment,one or more leads provided with notched ends, and a locking wireengaging said movable abutment and the notched portions of said leads.

12. A printing surface holder comprising a base, a stationary abutmentcarried thereby, a movable abutment, means for yieldingly holding saidmovable abutment against movement away from said stationary abutment,one or more leads provided with notched ends, and a locking wireengaging said movable abutment and the notched portions of said leads,said base and said leads being provided with complemental guiding means.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

HERMAN L. BORGERSEN. Witnesses:

ALBERT P. KOUBA, J. LOUIS BARRIGK.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0.

